I'm 71, I was a redhead, let the hair go gray naturally. My sides are almost perfectly white and when my hair gets a tish too long, the sides almost look like wings! Must be the angel in me. I colored my hair once (you, who are my age should remember) with peroxide across the top. I have had one permanent in my life. (Hated the smell). I have a thick head of hair, and is generally unruly (like me), and I like it. I like the fact that I don't have to have those curly permanents. I llike the fact that I don't have multi-colored roots and by George I worked for every darn grey/white hair I have on my head. Besides I think there is something very dignified about a little old gray haired lady! You wonder what people are thinking. Edie